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Australia's Defence Minister, Dr Brendan Nelson, was interviewed on ABC radio (2 August 2007) in relation to injuries received by Afghan children as a direct result of the actions of Australian troops. In this interview, Nelson seemed particularly keen to distinguish between 'us' and 'them', a polemical practice that allowed him to steer a clear path between what was righteous and what was morally unspeakable.
In the first instance, in this short interview Nelson managed to use collective terms, jingoistic expressions that embedded associations, and identifications prompting the listener towards a favourable appraisal of his account with remarkable frequency. In less than 700 words he was able to introduce the term 'our troops' or, even better, 'our own troops' nine times. Further, the pronoun 'we' was embedded eight times, a device he employed with dexterous ambiguity as his particular usage conflated selectively key categories: 'our soldiers' was blurred...
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